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French Foreign Minister Couve de Murville’s reputed definition of an able diplomat: He must be able to forewarn his government, well in advance, about what is going to happen—and to explain, after the event, why something else happened instead.

The American Civil Liberties Union, reversing a long-time stand, has come out for congressional enactment of legislation to insure internal democracy in labor unions. “The majority,” so its statement reads, “must not be allowed to trample upon or discriminate against minority groups within a union.” To this, we feel like answering back: “Yes, yes, go on. To the point, say, of declaring that minorities who don’t want to belong to unions in the first place have some right to protection against discrimination?”

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French Foreign Minister Couve de Murville’s reputed definition of an able diplomat: He must be able to forewarn his government, well in advance, about what is going to happen—and to explain, after the event, why something else happened instead.

The American Civil Liberties Union, reversing a long-time stand, has come out for congressional enactment of legislation to insure internal democracy in labor unions. “The majority,” so its statement reads, “must not be allowed to trample upon or discriminate against minority groups within a union.” To this, we feel like answering back: “Yes, yes, go on. To the point, say, of declaring that minorities who don’t want to belong to unions in the first place have some right to protection against discrimination?”